The metal object falling from the sky blazed with fierce flames from its violent friction against the air. In a single glance, Liu Xing took in its entire shape.
It was actually a spaceship? Liu Xing reached that conclusion instantly.
From the Jade Slip the old man had left behind, Liu Xing had gained considerable knowledge of the universe and seen pictures of many types of spacecraft. The one before him was over forty meters long. Although its hull was badly damaged, its size clearly marked it as a cruiser-class spaceship.
Cruiser-class spaceships were equipped with wormhole devices that allowed long-distance travel, so it was not impossible for one to appear on Connors Star, this forgotten garbage planet on the frontier. Yet this ship was plummeting straight down from high above, clearly having lost all power.
With such a colossal object hurtling toward the ground, the entire stretch of hills would probably be flattened. Though Liu Xing had a solid foundation in external martial arts, he could not withstand the might of a spaceship falling from the sky. Seeing that it was only a few hundred meters from impact, he could only push off hard with both feet and dart dozens of meters away to avoid it.
Just as Liu Xing glanced back at the spaceship while leaping away, a dazzling burst of emerald radiance suddenly erupted from within it, brilliant as a jade-green chrysanthemum in full bloom.
Liu Xing's six senses were keen, and he immediately detected an unimaginably vast power within that green radiance, greater than anything he had ever encountered in his life.
Liu Xing's heart suddenly clenched. Could there be cultivators aboard that spaceship? Was this the power of a cultivator?
With a thunderous boom, the green radiance suddenly shattered into countless ribbons of green light that scattered in every direction, as forceful as flying arrows and trailing countless whistles as they tore through the air.
Liu Xing's eyesight was exceptional. Although the green radiance was dazzling as it shattered, he still clearly saw the enormous cruiser-class spaceship disintegrate completely at that very instant, reduced to countless fragments swept away by the scattering ribbons of light.
Liu Xing had not escaped very far, and many fragments of the spaceship shot toward him. Fortunately, he was agile enough to dodge them one by one, avoiding injury from this calamity that had come out of nowhere.
Yet Liu Xing was not marveling at how such a huge spaceship had suddenly broken apart. Instead, he stared blankly into the sky.
Although the dazzling green radiance in the sky was gradually fading, a human-sized mass of green light had emerged amid its glow.
Moreover, two humanoid masses of black light, about the same size as the green one, were pressed close to it, less than a meter away.
Visible streaks of green and black radiance constantly shot out and withdrew between the three masses of light. From the looks of it, the two black masses were joining forces to attack the green one.
The three masses of light hovered in the air, tumbling, spinning, and colliding with one another as though fighting in flight, while slowly descending toward the ground. At the same time, their glow began to dim, gradually revealing the human figures inside.
To Liu Xing's astonishment, the figure revealed within the green light was an exquisite beauty. She had a graceful figure, a delicate nose, cherry lips, and dainty features, and was so beautiful she seemed to have stepped out of a painting.
Even more stunningly, she wore a tight black leather outfit that accentuated the rising peaks and valleys of her magnificent figure. Her phoenix eyes could steal hearts and souls, and even in the midst of a fierce battle, every movement carried a natural allure.
A woman! And an utterly stunning beauty! How could Liu Xing, who had never seen anyone of the opposite sex, do anything but stand rooted to the spot in a daze?
Apart from the old man, Liu Xing had never seen another human being, let alone a beautiful woman. Although he had seen plenty of pictures in the Jade Slip the old man had left him, how could they compare with the breathtaking impact of a real person standing before him?
In that instant, only one word remained in Liu Xing's mind: Woman!
As for the figures within the black light, they were two powerfully built men with black cloths covering their faces, but Liu Xing paid them no attention whatsoever.
There was no other reason: the Black-Clad Woman was simply beautiful enough to bring kingdoms and nations to ruin, leaving Liu Xing no attention to spare for the two masked men.
The fact that the Black-Clad Woman and the masked men could exchange attacks in midair was enough to prove that they were genuine cultivators. Their strength was far beyond anything Liu Xing, a practitioner of external martial arts, could hope to match.
Still, Liu Xing had a sharp eye. He could tell that although the masked men were fighting two against one, they seemed to be suppressed by the Black-Clad Woman. They were on the defensive, being steadily driven toward the ground.
Recalling the earlier eruption of green radiance, he realized that the Black-Clad Woman must have unleashed some powerful move, forcibly dismantling an entire spaceship. Such power was naturally no trivial matter.
Although the two masked men were no match for the Black-Clad Woman, the strike that had torn the spaceship apart had not injured them, proving that their strength was considerable as well.
After gaining the upper hand, the Black-Clad Woman attacked even more fiercely, as though she wished she could finish both masked men with a single blow. But the two men kept their defenses tightly sealed and slowly descended toward the ground, clearly intending to fight a drawn-out battle. After all, flying through the air consumed spiritual energy and was far more taxing than standing on the ground.
A short while later, the three landed one after another, less than two meters apart. Their hands continued forming various spell seals, while ribbons of light shot from the glowing masses surrounding them and struck straight at their opponents.
The Black-Clad Woman attacked with tremendous ferocity. Her green ribbons of light were clearly stronger than her opponents' black ones, scattering one black ribbon after another in midair before continuing relentlessly toward the two masked men.
However, the moment the green ribbons touched the black light surrounding her opponents, they vanished like clay oxen sinking into the sea, without producing the slightest reaction.
Clearly, the Black-Clad Woman's attacks could not yet break through her opponents' protective spiritual energy. Though she seemed to hold an overwhelming advantage, there was no telling how much effort it would take to truly defeat the two masked men.
Liu Xing, who had been standing nearby in a daze, suddenly seemed to remember something. He ducked down and hid behind a boulder.
Liu Xing was only a few dozen meters from the three fiercely battling cultivators. Having only now thought to hide, could he really escape their eyes and ears?
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